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Thread Number: 76223
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 1000545 , Reply# 1 7/17/2018 at 16:49 (2,102 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Its the same vintage as my 1984 LA511. I bought it new and the matching DE410 dryer and only 1 repair on the washer in all those years. That is an old school Maytag washer inside and will run for you a very long time. If you can fit it, keep it because you will never find a newer model as good as this one. The A on mine means it is Almond finish.
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Post# 1000546 , Reply# 2 7/17/2018 at 16:50 (2,102 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1000555 , Reply# 3 7/17/2018 at 17:14 (2,102 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1000579 , Reply# 5 7/17/2018 at 19:17 (2,102 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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Hello from next door!
I'm in Prior Lake. What you have is not an "apartment sized washer" it is a full sized machine. Any machine this old going into regular service should be thoroughly gone through by a qualified service tech. I will Email you info on a repairman in our area who is a Maytag genius. How nice to have a "close" AW neighbor, welcome.
Nick Strand, WK78 | ||
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Post# 1000585 , Reply# 6 7/17/2018 at 20:12 (2,102 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Maytag A210!
This appears to be a standard capacity A210 from the early 80s
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Post# 1000586 , Reply# 7 7/17/2018 at 20:21 (2,102 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Maytag Standard capacity
It's a darn good sized washer, closer to large than anywhere near apartment sized. and it's dependable, rinses well, runs for years with minor repairs. and it's 2 speeds and has a softener dispenser. Keep it, you'll be impressed.
What it won't do is king sized bed comforters, true, few machines can. It'll tackle darn near anything else you can think of. | ||
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Post# 1000587 , Reply# 8 7/17/2018 at 20:45 (2,102 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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My 510 is a Fabric-Matic like this one and its 1 speed with a Delicate soak/agitate at regular speed. Doesnt matter to me as I dont have "delicate" clothes. If it was a 2 speed, it would say it right by the Maytag logo on the panel. Mine is an extra large capacity and it does a king size comforter just fine. You ought to see the lint filter afterwards as my dog sheds like crazy.
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Post# 1000599 , Reply# 9 7/17/2018 at 22:00 (2,102 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Maytag Standard Capacity Washer This is a 16 gallon tub machine, it is good for around 8-10 pounds of cotton laundry, 12 pounds is really pushing it.
Any modern US Front Load washer will easily wash twice as much laundry per load including many current top load machines.
It is a good machine for washing normal loads that do not have many large items in them, but it is not a great washer for washing delicate items in as the agitator and tub design cause a lot of clothing wear on clothing and can actually immediately damage delicate items.
John L. | ||
| Post# 1000602 , Reply# 10 7/17/2018 at 22:16 (2,102 days old) by Galwithaset (Savage, Minnesota) | ||
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| Post# 1000604 , Reply# 11 7/17/2018 at 22:34 (2,102 days old) by Galwithaset (Savage, Minnesota) | ||
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| Post# 1000605 , Reply# 12 7/17/2018 at 22:38 (2,102 days old) by Galwithaset (Savage, Minnesota) | ||
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Apartment size NOT Thank you for your knowledgeable comments! Husband is leaning towards letting me keep it! | ||
| Post# 1000608 , Reply# 13 7/17/2018 at 22:55 (2,102 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
 This washer would apparently be smaller capacity than what is common today, which might be a negative cited by detractors. But I personally had little trouble when I was able to use a small capacity late 60s Kenmore. It was easily big enough to handle my day to day laundry. It helped that I tended to aggressively sort laundry, of course. I sometimes cynically think large capacity washers of today are appealing to many buyers just because they see the big drum, and think: "I can stuff ALL my week's laundry in and get it done at once!!!!"
I honestly miss that Kenmore--neither of the washers I've used since (both of which had bigger capacity) have been as satisfactory.
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| Post# 1000693 , Reply# 15 7/18/2018 at 20:11 (2,101 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
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| Post# 1000705 , Reply# 16 7/18/2018 at 21:01 (2,101 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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